Belt game 3,474 · December 22, 1973
Detroit Red Wings take the belt
Detroit Red Wings beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at home to start reign 1,319 of the NHL belt, the 161st for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since November 22, 1973, with 9 defenses over 30 days.
Detroit Red Wings held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Buffalo Sabres on December 27, 1973.
1,319Reign number
161Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Dionne | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Red Berenson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Henry Boucha | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Charron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Mickey Redmond | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Collins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Stackhouse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Nick Libett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Hogaboam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Jarry | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Nelson Debenedet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Thommie Bergman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Brent Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Mellor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill McKenzie | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 30 | 32 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hodge | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Wayne Cashman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Gregg Sheppard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Oddleifson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Orr | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Esposito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Bucyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fred O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Derek Sanderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Marcotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Darryl Edestrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Carol Vadnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dallas Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Sims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Doak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Gilles Gilbert | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 29 | 33 |
| Ross Brooks | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
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